Tag Archives: IMAM

52-year-old Imam jailed three times for smoking

52-year-old Imam, Tamimu Mohammed has been jailed on three separate occasions for engaging in drugs and in illegal mining. In an interview with Crime Check TV GH, he said he was an experienced weed smoker who started smoking when he was in class six. Mohammed said whiles working with a …

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National Chief Imam declares April 3 as start date for Ramadan 2022

The National Chief Imam, Sheikh Usmanu Nuhu Sharubutu has formally declared April 3, 2022, as the start date for this year’s Ramadan fast. In a statement broadcast live on online TV platform, Sharubutu TV, the Imam addressed the Muslim faithful by stating a number of Islamic texts on the relationship …

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Publish Chief Examiner’s report of 2021 BECE – Chief Imam demands

The National Chief Imam, Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu, has called for the publication of the 2021 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) Chief Examination Reports. He has expressed worry over the issues that have characterized the 2021 BECE conducted by the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC). In a statement from the just-ended …

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Upper East Regional Chief Imam is dead

Sheikh Alhaji Tahir Saeed, the Upper East Regional Chief has died, our regional correspondent Senyalah Castro, reports. Sheikh Tahir reportedly died on Saturday February 19,2022, at the Regional hospital in Bolgatanga. Sheikk Tahir, 4 months ago, became the regional chief imam after the passing of Alhaji Adam Yussif, who held …

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Chief Imam urges Muslims to consume more cocoa products 

National Chief Imam, Dr Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, has encouraged the Moslem community to make cocoa consumption an integral part of their daily lives for good health. He noted that cocoa had been a major pillar of the Ghanaian economy, therefore, consuming its products would not only provide health benefits …

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Govt has no interest in who becomes Chief Imam – Attorney General clarifies

  Attorney General Godfred Dame has said the government will be engaging in “excessive entanglement” if at any point it tries to interfere with the process of electingleadership of any religious group in the country. The government’s top lawyer stressed that processes leading to the selection or succession of religious leaders were …

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LIVESTREAMING: Bawumia joins Chief Imam, others to observe Eid-ul-Fitr prayers

  This year’s Eid al-Fitr has become a somber celebration despite it being one of the most important festivals on the Muslim calendar. As Muslim faithful across the world marks the end of Ramadan, Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has joined the Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, other persons in the …

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Man stabs Chief Imam

The police in Niger state has arrested Umar Jibril, popularly known as Ba’adama for stabbing the Chief Imam of Edati to death. The suspected allegedly stabbed his victim with an iron rod for allegedly having sex with his second wife. Confirming the arrest to newsmen, the state Commissioner of Police, Adamu …

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Chief Imam of Ejura, Sheikh Sakib Bamba is dead

Chief Imam of Ejura-Sekyedumasi in the Ashanti Region, Sheikh Mohammed Sakib Yakub Bamba has been confirmed dead, NorthernWebGh.com report. He died yesterday Saturday at his private residence in Ejura, after decades of illness. Burial is scheduled to take place today Sunday, at 2:00 pm in accordance with Islamic doctrines. Congregational …

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VIDEO: Ignorant people should stop mocking Mahama’s morgue promise – Imam defends

Chief Imam for Bomaa, a notable farming community in the Ahafor Region, Imam Musah Salifu has asked ignorant minds to desist from condemning John Dramani Mahama’s promises of building mortuaries for Zongo communities. According to him, the promise in the NDC’s Manifesto was a plea the Imams Association made to …

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